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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

The CPD Standing Committee

Paul F. Hart, Committee Chair
Staff Liaison

Scope of Work:

The Standing Committee on Continuing Professional Development is charged with developing and maintaining a strategic continuing education plan for the Society; developing core educational content, providing guidance on topics and content for workshops, symposia and conferences, which meet the body of knowledge transfer and continuing education needs of members worldwide; providing guidance on the delivery formats and methods to facilitate global delivery of core educational content; implementing the instructor review and approval process as defined in the standing rules; and providing guidance on use of relevant education from other allied organizations.

Committee Members:

Turki AlDrees

Glenn Berger

Rolland Blais

Richard Boehm

Warren Bonisch

Edgar Boyano

Mark Buschman

John Callanhan, Jr

Douglas Carpenter

Gilles Carrier

Bruce Clarke

Stephen Dale

Gary Daniels

Nimish Deo

Sean Donohue

Mark Fessenden

Jerry Forstater

Jason Frank

John Frank

Rudy Gaspillo

Daniel Goldberg

Wissam Jabr

Robert Jonsson

Philip Kaufman

Shaun Kelly

Kouji Kobayashi

James Landmesser

Francisco Latosinski

John LeBlanc

Gerardo Lopez Gorbea

Alan Moore

Fayomi Oloruntoba

Pierre Paquin

Benjamin Roush

Matthew Steine

Michele Taddeo

Samuel Toren

Kingsley Ukanwa

Ernesto Vega Janica

William Webb

Haluk Yanik

Subcommittees

Course Content and Delivery

Mark Fessenden, Subcommittee Chair
Staff Liaison

Scope of Work:

The subcommittee shall identify the content that is needed and provide oversight over its development. The development of the content may come from members, consultants, staff, or other resources identified by the committee. In all cases the development of the content must adhere to the policies and procedures established by the Standing Committee and approved by the Board, or otherwise established by the Board as required.

The subcommittee will also identify modes of delivery and formats (online and in person) which can help SFPE effectively deliver the core educational content anywhere in the world in a cost-effective and timely manner.

The subcommittee will not have the authority to engage contractors in support of subcommittee activities, but would be expected to provide input to staff on competency requirements for evaluating contractors and bids, and to provide content review of contractors’ bids if requested.

Committee Members:

Mark H. Buschman

Douglas J. Carpenter

Mark E. Fessenden

Jerry Forstater

Paul F. Hart

Shaun Kelly

James A. Landmesser

Gerardo Lopez Gorbea

Conferences, Workshops and Symposia

James A. Landmesser, Jr., Subcommittee Chair
Staff Liaison

Scope of Work:

The subcommittee provides input on topics and content for workshops, symposiums and conferences which meet the body of knowledge transfer and continuing education needs of members worldwide as delivered in this format. This subcommittee will also serve on the program committees for such events, including the annual North America Conference, European Conference, PBD Conference, etc. It is the discretion of the subcommittee chair to assign task groups for individual events. The subcommittee will not have the authority to enter into contracts for these activities but would be expected to provide input to staff on issues such as local venues, costs, etc. as needed.

Committee Members:

Warren D. Bonisch

Gilles Carrier

Bruce H. Clarke

Gary J. Daniels

Paul F. Hart

Matthew H. Stiene

Ernesto Vega Janica

William A. Webb

Haluk Yanik

PE Exam Preparation

John Frank, Subcommittee Chair
Staff Liaison

Scope of Work:

The subcommittee for PE Exam Preparation is comprised of members with an interest, experience or expertise in developing or delivering content for fire protection engineering or other related credentialing examinations. The subcommittee is responsible for developing, promoting and delivering tools to prepare candidates for the U.S. engineering licensure examination and other credentialing examinations. Subcommittee members cannot be involved in PE exam development activities.

Committee Members:

Richard T. Beohm

Glenn S. Berger

Stephen Dale

Jerry Forstater

John A. Frank

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